Hugging Face founders reflect on the journey from 2016 underdogs to AI powerhouse
reach_vb · x · 2026-09-03
Thom Wolf shared good news about Hugging Face, prompting co-founder Clem to reflect: back in 2016, the tiny team never anticipated how massive the field—and HF's impact—would become. He also recalled @julienc's old joke that "code will be a subset of ML," which turned out to be true.
Related event: Nvidia to Acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion(48 posts)→
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